Structural Modeling of Successful Intelligence based on Spiritual Intelligence with the mediating role of achievement Goals in junior high school students

Introduction: Successful intelligence is one of the most comprehensive and efficient concepts in the field of intelligence and intelligence testing which has the ability to engage the learners in the learning process and increase their creativity and problem- solving skills.Therefore, the present study was performed to investigate the mediating role of achievement goals in the relationship between spiritual intelligence and successful intelligence and also to provide an appropriate model.  Method: The nature of research is descriptive (correlational) and survey. Its statistical universe was all the male students of the ninth to number 3836 people grade in high schools of Birjand in academic year 2020-21. The sample size was 400 people selected by the cluster random sampling. To collect information, the questionnaires of spiritual intelligence, achievement goals, and successful intelligence were used. The study data was analyzed by using softwares spss-23 and LISREL 8.8 by structural equation modeling.  Findings: The study results showed that the spiritual intelligence had a positive and significant effect on the orientation of the mastery and functional- approach goal and the successful intelligence and also had a negative and significant effect on the avoidance- functional orientation (p<05<0). Furthermore, the orientation of the mastery and functional – approach goal had a positive and significant effect on the successful intelligence and the avoidance- functional orientation had a negative and significant effect on it (p<05<0). In addition, the results indicated that the achievement goals mediate the relationship between the students spiritual and successful intelligence.  Conclusion: The results of the present study supported this hypothesis that the achievement goals mediate the relationship between the students spiritual and successful intelligence.